Claire Lacombe was a liberal woman, was ready psychologically to welcome the Revolution, to there participate with conviction. The 25 July 1792, putting on like an Amazon, she read an address to Legislative Assembly, offering to go combat against tyrants. She demanded the application of the Constitution and renewal of the National Convention, purification of administrations, responsibility of ministers and officers, arrest of suspects, judgement of Girondins.
Pauline Leon, daughter of a chocolate manufacturer, had a strong personality. For her, the Revolution was the hope of seeing the sort of women ameliorated and their qualities of life renovated. In July 1789, she mounted on barricades and excited the revolt, in February 1791 she broke with friends a bust of Lafayette. In 1792, she presented to the Assembly an address claiming the right to arm oneself and in August she was in the ranks of troops of her section. She demanded then the execution of the king Louis ⅩⅥ. She demanded, for women, the right to procure pikes, pistols, sabers, even rifles.
Among the most active women of the Revolution, Etta Palm d’Aelders left her name behind her so much the more interesting since she was not French woman. She was the first woman who adorned her addresses with taking a feminist position. She recommended to French women to imitate the patriotism and virtues of Roman dames. In July 1791, she published an appeal to French women on the regeneration of morals and the necessity of the influence of women in a free government. She sent an address to the Assembly where she emphasized the necessity of women to associate there.